2011 Community Profile - Chamber Organizer
2011 Community Profile - Chamber Organizer
2011 Community Profile - Chamber Organizer
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reCreation and festivals<br />
summer<br />
parks facilities<br />
Summer outdoor parks<br />
facilities include over 30 tennis<br />
courts, swimming pools in both<br />
communities, many playground<br />
facilities, and basketball courts in<br />
numerous neighborhood parks.<br />
dog park<br />
The newly created dog park offers<br />
dog owners a safe, legal opportunity<br />
to exercise their pets off leash<br />
within the city limits. Currently<br />
licensed dogs can romp freely under<br />
their owners care in the large fenced<br />
dog park located in Lincoln Park.<br />
Golf<br />
For the golfing enthusiast, there’s<br />
no need to go far. Grand Forks and<br />
East Grand Forks feature five golfing<br />
facilities, four of which are public<br />
courses.<br />
King’s Walk is a world-class golf<br />
experience. Designed by Arnold<br />
Palmer and his design team, it’s<br />
the only PGA-rated course in North<br />
Dakota or Manitoba. Characterized<br />
by rolling terrain with mounds,<br />
moguls, native grasses, Austrian<br />
pine trees and lakes, this is a<br />
public, daily-fee facility available<br />
for group outings, special events or<br />
golf lessons.<br />
Two other 18-hole golf courses are<br />
available, one on each side of the<br />
river. Grand Forks Country Club is a<br />
private membership organization.<br />
Valley Golf, located in East Grand<br />
Forks, offers a unique 18-hole layout<br />
that challenges all levels of golfers.<br />
The course has a beautiful setting<br />
for any type of group function, from<br />
a company golf outing to wedding<br />
receptions. A pro shop, driving<br />
range, snack bar and banquet<br />
facilities with a full bar are some of<br />
the services offered.<br />
Also within our communities are<br />
two public nine-hole golf courses.<br />
Ray Richards is a full-service,<br />
nine-hole, par 36 course designed<br />
by renowned landscape architect<br />
Robert Bruce Harris of Chicago and<br />
owned by the University of North<br />
Dakota.<br />
Lincoln Golf Course was<br />
established in 1909, making<br />
it one of North Dakota’s<br />
oldest golf facilities.<br />
Originally, the 18-hole, par<br />
71 golf course ran along<br />
the Red River of the North.<br />
Because of the flood of<br />
1997, the course has been<br />
renovated to a nine-hole, par<br />
35 layout.<br />
disc Golf<br />
Fast becoming a very<br />
popular sport in Grand Forks<br />
and East Grand Forks, disc<br />
“Grand Forks and East<br />
Grand Forks pride themselves<br />
on being very safe places to live.”<br />
golf is a great way to spend an afternoon outdoors. Grand<br />
Forks Park District developed one of the first disc golf<br />
courses in the state of North Dakota. The 18-hole course<br />
is located in Lincoln Drive Park and is free to use. On any<br />
given sunny afternoon or evening, you’ll find many people<br />
enjoying a round of disc golf.<br />
racing at river Cities<br />
Friday night is race night in the Grand Cities. The River<br />
Cities Speedway is one of the nation’s best quarter-mile dirt<br />
tracks. Featuring outlaw sprints, late models, super stocks,<br />
street stocks and Midwest modifieds, River Cities Speedway<br />
has racing every Friday from the middle of April through the<br />
middle of September.<br />
bicycling<br />
The communities of Grand Forks and East Grand<br />
Forks have over 43 miles of designated bike trails, with<br />
additional trails being paved as part of the Greenway<br />
project. When completed, the multi-purpose asphalt trails<br />
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